Callirhytis Explained

Callirhytis is a genus of gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. There are more than 90 described species in Callirhytis. Wasps in this genus primarily induce wasps on oak trees in North America.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Callirhytis:^[1]

• Callirhytis afion Melika et al., 2020^[2]
• Callirhytis apicalis (Ashmead, 1896)
• Callirhytis aquaticae (Ashmead, 1887)
• Callirhytis attigua Weld, 1959
• Callirhytis balanacea Weld, 1928
• Callirhytis balanaspis Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis balanoides Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis balanopsis Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis balanosa Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis bipapillata Weld, 1959
• Callirhytis blastophaga (Ashmead, 1887)
• Callirhytis cameroni Medianero & Nieves-Aldrey, 2014
• Callirhytis carmelensis Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis cedros Dailey & Sprenger, 1977
• Callirhytis cedrosensis Dailey & Sprenger, 1977
• Callirhytis cistella Weld, 1952
• Callirhytis clarkei (Bassett, 1890)
• Callirhytis clavula (Osten Sacken, 1861) - White oak club gall wasp
• Callirhytis confusa (Ashmead, 1881)
• Callirhytis congregata (Ashmead, 1896) - Sausage flower gall wasp
• Callirhytis cressoni (Beutenmuller, 1913)
• Callirhytis crypta (Ashmead, 1887)
• Callirhytis eldoradensis (Beutenmuller 1913)
• Callirhytis electrea Weld, 1944
• Callirhytis ellipsoida Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis elliptica Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis elongata (Kinsey, 1922)
• Callirhytis erythrocephala (Giraud, 1859)^[3]
• Callirhytis excavata (Ashmead, 1896)
• Callirhytis exigua (Bassett, 1900)
• Callirhytis favosa (Bassett, 1890) - Honeycomb leaf gall wasp
• Callirhytis flavipes (Gillette, 1890)
• Callirhytis florensis Weld, 1944
• Callirhytis floridana (Ashmead, 1887)
• Callirhytis floripara Weld, 1959
• Callirhytis frequens (Gillette, 1890)
• Callirhytis fulva Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis furva Weld, 1952
• Callirhytis gallaestriatae Weld, 1927
• Callirhytis gemmiformis (Beutenmüller, 1917)
• Callirhytis glandium (Giraud, 1859)^[4]
• Callirhytis glandulus (Beutenmüller, 1913)
• Callirhytis glomerosa Weld, 1957
• Callirhytis hartigi Forster, 1869^[5]
• Callirhytis hopkinsi Weld, 1952
• Callirhytis infuscata (Ashmead, 1887)
• Callirhytis intersita Weld, 1957^[6]
• Callirhytis juvenca Weld, 1944
• Callirhytis lanata (Gillette, 1891)
• Callirhytis lapillula Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis lentiformis Lyon, 1984
• Callirhytis marginata Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis medularis Weld, 1959
• Callirhytis meunieri Kieffer, 1902^[7]
• Callirhytis middletoni Weld, 1959
• Callirhytis myrtifoliae (Beutenmüller, 1917)
• Callirhytis nigrae (Ashmead, 1861)
• Callirhytis ovata Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis parva Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis pedunculata (Bassett, 1890)
• Callirhytis perdens (Kinsey, 1922) - Ruptured twig gall wasp
• Callirhytis perditor (Bassett, 1900)
• Callirhytis perfoveata (Kinsey, 1922) - Ball gall wasp
• Callirhytis perobscura Weld, 1957^[8]
• Callirhytis perrugosa Weld, 1944
• Callirhytis petrina Weld, 1922
• Callirhytis pigra (Bassett, 1881)
• Callirhytis piperoides (Bassett, 1900)
• Callirhytis protobalanus Dailey & Sprenger, 1977
• Callirhytis pulchra (Bassett, 1890) - Oak flower gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercifoliae (Ashmead, 1885)
• Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae (Ashmead, 1881) - Live oak bud gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercusbatatoides (Ashmead, 1881) - Southern live oak stem gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercusclavigera (Ashmead, 1881)
• Callirhytis quercuscornigera (Osten Sacken, 1865)
• Callirhytis quercusfutilis (Osten Sacken, 1861)
• Callirhytis quercusgemmaria (Ashmead, 1885)
• Callirhytis quercusoperator (Osten Sacken, 1862) - Woolly catkin gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercuspunctata (Bassett, 1863) - Gouty oak gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercussuttoni (Ashmead, 1885) - Gouty stem gall wasp
• Callirhytis quercusventricosa Bassett, 1864
• Callirhytis quinqueseptum (Ashmead, 1885)^[9]
• Callirhytis rubida Weld, 1921
• Callirhytis rufescens (Mayr, 1882)^[10]
• Callirhytis rugulosa (Beutenmüller, 1911)
• Callirhytis scitula (Bassett, 1864)
• Callirhytis seminator Harris, 1841 - Wool sower
• Callirhytis seminosa (Bassett, 1890)
• Callirhytis serricornis (Weld, 1952) - Kernel flower gall wasp
• Callirhytis subcostata Weld, 1952
• Callirhytis tobiiro Ashmead, 1904
• Callirhytis tubicola (Osten Sacken, 1861)
• Callirhytis turnerii (Ashmead, 1887)

Further reading

• Book: Review of the world genera of oak cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini Latreille, 1802). 2002. Melika . G.. Abrahamson . W. G.. Melika . G.. Thuroczy . C.. Angroinform. Parasitic Wasps: Evolution, Systematics, Biodiversity and Biological Control. 150–190. 978-963-502-765-1.
• Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea. 1999. Ronquist . Fredrik. Zoologica Scripta. 28. 1–2. 139–164. 10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00022.x. 86539477.
• Book: Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States. 1959. Weld . Lewis H.. Privately printed in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callirhytis . 2022-02-27 . gallformers.org.
2. Mutun. Serap. Dinç. Serdar. Melika. George. 2020-12-03. Two new species of oak gall wasps from Turkey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini). Zootaxa. en. 4890. 3. 428–438. 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.3.9. 33311123 . 229176089 . 1175-5334.
3. Web site: Callirhytis erythrocephala (Giraud, 1859) . 2022-02-27 . www.gbif.org . en.
4. Web site: Callirhytis glandium - WaspWeb . 2022-02-27 . www.waspweb.org.
5. Web site: Zicha. Ondrej. BioLib: Biological library . 2022-02-27 . www.biolib.cz.
6. Web site: Search Taxonomy MCZbase . 2022-02-27 . mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu.
7. Web site: Callirhytis meunieri Kieffer, 1902 . 2022-02-27 . www.gbif.org . en.
8. Web site: FMNH FMNHINS 0003 370 940 Zoological Collections . 2022-02-27 . collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org.
9. Web site: Callirhytis quinqueseptum Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution . 2022-02-28 . collections.si.edu.
10. Web site: Callirhytis rufescens (Mayr, 1882) . 2022-02-28 . www.gbif.org . en.